OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221719511

COSERV GAS, LTD.

FLOWER MOUND, TX— 2024-11-15T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Equipment Operator, Excavation, Face, Flying Object, Head, High Pressure, High Pressure Pipe, Installing, Laborer, Lack of Work Procedures, Metal Pipe, Natural Gas, Pipeline, Pressure, Projectile, Struck By, Undrgrd Installation, Work Surface
NAICS: 221210
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347886905
Employer profile: COSERV GAS, LTD.
Summary number: 221719511
Report ID: 0636900
Project type: E
Construction end-use: M

Event description

Employee dies of head trauma when struck by flying tapper to

Investigation abstract

At 5:57 p.m. on November 15, 2024, an employee working as a construction laborer for a natural gas distributor was working with two coworkers in an excavation. The crew was tapping into the current pressurized gas line to add additional lines. While tapping the line, the employee was struck in face by a piece of tooling from the equipment. The employee died from head trauma.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 23 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
7010

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